SUMMARY:
On Saturday, August 5, 2017, at about 10:00 p.m., Deputy Jimenez of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin Station conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a vehicle code violation in the area of Bagley Ave and Splitrock Ave.

Randy Bryant was contacted during the traffic stop and found to have a warrant for his arrest. A search of the vehicle was conducted and Deputy Jimenez recovered several items that could possibly have been stolen from storage units in Twentynine Palms and Laughlin, Nevada. Bryant was arrested for the warrant and transported to the Morong o Basin Jail. Jimenez took possession of the items pending further investigation.

On Sunday, August 6, 2017, at about 1:37 a.m., Jimenez contacted Michael Stewart during a vehicle check. Jimenez learned Stewart may also have been involved in the burglaries of the storage units in Twentynine Palms and Laughlin, Nevada. Jimenez recovered more of the same types of items he had found in Bryant’s vehicle. Further investigation linked Stewart and Bryant to the burglaries.

Both Randy Bryant and Michael Stewart were arrested and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail for violation of Penal Code 459 – burglary in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin Station at (760)366-4175. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may contact We-Tip at 1-888-78-CRIME.

Johnson Valley News November 2016

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